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LESSON 2 * PART 4 * BOOK 53
James 1:1-23 - Part 2
Remember, the Apostle Paul gave us, in the Church Age today, the Scriptures for salvation, and Church doctrine, and how to live Godly lives, and don’t ever forget that. All right, here we’ve got them in Acts chapter 11 verse 19. And remember the last program we picked these Jews up in Christ’s earthly ministry. All right, now then, we come back to the little letter of James, as well as Peter and John and Jude and Revelation - all those books are written primarily to these Jews that are in congregations scattered throughout that part of the Roman world. All right, if the next thing on the calendar is the Tribulation for these people, what do they need? James and I Peter especially. And then John’s three little epistles, they’re all written to encourage these Jews in view of the coming horrors of the Tribulation. All right, verse 1 again:
James 1:1-2
"James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes, (Jews) which are scattered abroad, greeting. 2. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers (testings is a better word than) temptations;" Well now, what’s the testing? The Tribulation. How in the world did these Jews take any joy in this coming Tribulation? What’s to follow? The King. The Kingdom! Remember, all of the Old Testament laid that out so clearly, that after the Tribulation would come the King and His Kingdom!
Matthew chapter 19 verse 27. Matthew 19:27
So what’s he talking about? Reward. What’s the reward? All right, and Jesus doesn’t put him down. All right, now here it comes.
Regeneration. "Repent ye therefore,…" Now remember, go back up to verse 12 so we establish to whom is Peter preaching?
Acts 3:12
"And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel,…" Now come back to verse 19, and let’s read that verse.
Acts 3:19
"Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing (now that’s the Kingdom) shall come from the presence of the Lord;" Now lets read the next verse also. Because, if Israel will repent, look what happens.
Acts 3:20
"And he (God) shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:"
But in verse 21, we’re reminded that He couldn’t set up His Kingdom until the earth was regenerated. "…until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began." All right let’s go back to Psalms chapter 2. All right, then come down to verse 4.
Psalms 2:4
All right, the Lord will have them in derision - "Then," there’s your time word. Psalms 2:5
Now as soon as the Tribulation has run its course, then verse 6.
The Kingdom. All right, so this is the admonition - verse 2 again, Peter says:
James 1:2a
"My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;" (or testings)
All right, so Peter is telling these Jews the same thing. Now verse 3:
James 1:3-4
When Paul says, "be ye perfect as I am perfect,"he’s merely speaking of a spiritual maturity. Now verse 5.
James 1:5
James 1:6-8
8. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways."
Jesus is speaking and He says in verse 12.
John 14:12
Now look at verses 13 and 14:
John 14:13-14
Philippians 4:7
"And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." John 14:15
"If ye love me, keep my commandments." Remember Jesus never tells the Jews they are no longer under the Law, as he does through the Apostle Paul to us here in the Church Age. All right, now maybe that’ll help a little bit to understand James. All right, now back to James, and verse 9.
James 1:9-10
It was a world of intense activity. So let’s read that verse again.
James 1:10-11
Now verse 12.
James 1:12
"Which the Lord hath promised to them that love him."
Now, let’s see again what Paul says about suffering. If you get a little depressed once in a while, just come back to this verse.
Romans 8:18
Back to James again, and remember he’s talking to Jews who were looking at the Tribulation of that day. Reading on now in chapter 1 verse 13.
"Let no man say when he is tempted, (I still like tested) I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man." God isn’t in that business. James 1:14-15a
15. Then when lust hath conceived,…" James 1:15b
"Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:"
All right, verse 20.
James 1:20-22a
"For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 22. But be ye doers of the word,…" Now here’s the legalistic part of James. James 22-23
23. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:" Well, that’s the way James depicts a man who does not follow his faith with good works.

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